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The nurse is one of the tenants living in the same communal apartment as Sofia Petrovna. She’s outwardly hostile toward Sofia in the aftermath of Kolya’s arrest, claiming that Sofia can’t be trusted because she’s related to a criminal. Her harsh viewpoint keeps Sofia from spending time in the communal spaces of the apartment, instead hiding alone in her room as much as possible.
The Nurse Quotes in Sofia Petrovna
The Sofia Petrovna quotes below are all either spoken by The Nurse or refer to The Nurse . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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“So she thinks he’s some kind of innocent lamb,” the nurse began again. “Excuse me, please, but people don’t get locked up for nothing in our country. Enough of this. They haven’t locked me up, have they? And why not? Because I’m an honest woman, a real Soviet citizen.”
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The Nurse Quotes in Sofia Petrovna
The Sofia Petrovna quotes below are all either spoken by The Nurse or refer to The Nurse . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 11
Quotes
“So she thinks he’s some kind of innocent lamb,” the nurse began again. “Excuse me, please, but people don’t get locked up for nothing in our country. Enough of this. They haven’t locked me up, have they? And why not? Because I’m an honest woman, a real Soviet citizen.”
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